Spellwork by Austra

We present the third and final installment of our Room 205 episode with Austra, featuring "Spellwork" from the debut album Feel It Break (Domino Records). Thanks again to director Otto Arsenault, video editor Forrest Borie, set designer Sophia Rubio, and audio engineer Jonathan Gilbert. Special thanks goes to Austra for making this episode possible, it was a truly collaborative and inspired experience all around.

On Feel It Break, Austra has crafted a dark, danceable album hearkening back to the sleazier side of New Wave but still deeply rooted in Stelmanis’s operatic and classical upbringing. While on a recent West Coast tour, the band stopped in for a late night session with director Otto Arsenault and set designer/costumer Sophia Rubio.

BIO
Formed in Toronto, Canada in 2010, Austra’s debut LP Feel It Break represents almost 10 years of performance and musical progression for songwriter Katie Stelmanis. Now augmented by drummer Maya Postepski, and bassist Dorian Wolf, the Austra sound is more centered and focused than ever. Pianos give way to keyboards as songs build and pull, their urgent dark melodies arpeggiate and multiply through an army of synthesizers around Katie's haunting, majestic voice.